Bridge Pose
Setu Bandhasana
Backbends
Beginner
Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana) is a beginner supine backbend. Opens chest/hips, strengthens glutes/back.
How to cue it
- Feet hip-width
- Press through feet to lift hips high
- Interlace hands, roll shoulders under
At a glance
- Drishti
- Up / closedWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Supine backbend
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Throat (Vishuddha)
Take care
Neck: don't turn head.
Counter poses
What to offer after Bridge Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Supported/propped version (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana) lives in Restorative.
Build your class with Bridge Pose in Cue
Drop Bridge Pose into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.
Also from Cue
Printable pose cards
68 cards. 60 poses, 6 breath practices, 2 sun salutations.
- Front is the pose. Back is three cues, drishti, benefits and counter poses.
- Made to test yourself on, for teacher training or your own study.
- Lay them out to build a class, then keep it in Cue.
Instant download. Print at home on cardstock, cut and go.